CAMPAIGN PAIR TO CORPORAL T CRADOCK SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS

CAMPAIGN PAIR TO CORPORAL T CRADOCK SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS who was severely wounded at the Battle of Magersfontein. IGS Relief of Chitral 1895 correctly engraved 3715 L/Cpl T Craddock 2nd Bn Seaforth correctly engraved ( Initial corrected) QSA Cape Colony correctly impressed 3175 Corl T H Cradock 2: Sea Highrs (Ghost dates) Medals and claps are confirmed in service papers and on the rolls. Condition EF Thomas Hammond Cradock was born in Darlington, he attested on 6th August 1891 aged nineteen years. He had previously been a member of the 4th Volunteer Bn West Yorkshire Regiment. He served in India with the 2nd battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders, earning the Indian General Service Medal with clasp Relief of Chitral 1895. Cradock was transferred to the Army Reserve on 3rd October 1899. He was recalled to the colours three days later and was posted to South Africa with the 2nd battalion on the 21st of the same month. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Magersfontein on 11th December 1899, sustaining gunshot wounds to the face, groin and left hand. Cradock was sent back to England the following April and medically discharged in February 1902 due to no longer being physically fit. In civilian life, he worked in the Grain & Poultry industry and settled in West Hartlepool. At the time of the 1911 census, he was living at 12 Tower Street. He passed away on New Year's Eve 1912